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.net TLD recently surpassed 15 million .net domains registered globally, making it one of the most popular domain extensions on the Internet today. To mark this momentous occasion, Verisign, the operator of the infrastructure for a portfolio of top-level domains including .net and .com, pulled together 15 facts about .net, which go as follows: 15 Facts About .net: 1: Almost 139,000 domains registered in other top-level domains (TLDs) immediately forward to the same name, but as a .net site. 2: The first domain name to ever exist was a .net. While the first domain name to be registered was the now famous Symbolics.com, it is a lesser known fact that the very first domain name ever to exist was Nordu.net. Nordu.net was created by the registry with the same name as the first Internet rootser...

WordPress.com today announced via a blog post that it has added .CO as a new top-level domain to its Custom Domains. .CO will now be available for WordPress users at $25/year. Other TLD options available at WordPress.Com are .ME,.COM, .NET and .ORG. Existing WordPress users can register a .CO domain name directly from their dashboard. Private Registration for domain purchase will cost an additional $8. Interested new WordPress.com users have to signup at WordPress.com’s signup page first, fill out their details on the form and then register a .CO domain name from their dashboard. ” A .CO domain name is short and memorable, making it a great option for your WordPress.com website or blog,” Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Editor, WordPress.com in an official blog post. Earlier...

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